Fountain of Lies, Objet d'Art with Painting and Found Objects

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, repurposes objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece, based on a series of paintings by famed artist Joan M...

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, repurposes objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. Here, a framed mirror is hinged to the back of a small abstract p...

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a thin metal disc mounted to a wooden column. A severed...

Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has two frames that are hinged together. A mirror adorns the outside. When opened, the right panel has a primitive figure painting while the left has a metal plaque with the phrase "I Need a Boy Toy" stamped into it. When closed, the back panel is stamped with "Like I Need a Refrigerator" and signed. John Seubert I Need a Boy-Toy (Like I Need a Refrigerator) mixed media 12.50h x 8.50w x 1.50d in 31.75h x 21.59w x 3.81d cm JSE074 In the early Nineties, John Seubert was living in a former hotel in a high-rise building on St. James Place in Chicago. The apartment was tiny, as hotel rooms tend to be, and clad with paper-thin walls allowing sound to pass from one apartment to the other. At the time, John’s artwork consisted of pounding copper sheets into tables which was a noisy endeavor to say the least. Following several noise complaints from the neighbors, John had a dream that he was living in a ramshackle house but with plenty of room to work and no attached neighbors. The following day after lunching at the McDonalds in Lincoln Park, John wandered the neighborhood a came upon a shabby, falling-down old Victorian house. He located the real estate agent, put in an offer, and weeks later was pushing a shopping cart full of his belongings to his new home. This 144-year-old Painted Lady provided a blank canvas for this inimitable artist. For many years the house remained so empty that John was able to ride his Japanese fold up bike throughout the 1st floor. “Some people want to have sex...

Burnt mirror with cuts by Daniel Elkayam One of a Kind Dimensions: D 10 x W 27 x H 42 cm Materials: Burnt beech wood Jerusalem-born Art-designer and Photographer based in Te...

Amazing Italian Mercury gilded table mirror produced during the 20th century in Italy. This unique piece is a an art masterpiece with two main elements: - a wonderful two pieces adjustable mirror; - a lost-wax casting bronze sculpture representing the Deposition of Christ...

Unique UFO Mirror by Ia Kutateladze Dimensions: W 33 x H 26 cm Materials: Clay UFO 02 is a hand built ceramic mirror. Playful and bold functional decorative object, for various types...

Unique UFO mirror by Ia Kutateladze Dimensions: W 19 x H 38 cm Materials: Clay UFO 01 is a hand built ceramic mirror. Playful and bold functional decorative object, for various typ...